What Was China Hoping to Accomplish with Admiral Zheng He's

question 97

Multiple Choice

What was China hoping to accomplish with Admiral Zheng He's fifteenth-century explorations?

• A) It hoped to impress other kingdoms with its military might.
• B) It wanted to spread Buddhism.
• C) It had highly limited seafaring technology and wished to copy that of the Europeans.
• D) It was searching for new resources because it did not yet have a trading economy.
• E) It wanted to be the first nation to arrive in the Americas.

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